Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife: The Twins Are Not Yours!

Chapter 126: Christmas Mercenaries

With every bullet striking the car violently, Ewan felt his heart convulsing in a mixture of fear and dread.

Was this the gang again? It had to be!

His mind raced with dark thoughts, but the most pressing concern was that his children were trapped inside that car. He couldn’t let anything happen to them.

Frantically, he scanned the surroundings, noting how his driver had joined the other vehicles in a desperate attempt to clear the area, aiming to evade the danger posed by the flying stray bullets. No one dared to approach. Who would be reckless enough to put themselves in harm’s way?

At this rate, his children might die. The pessimistic thought pierced through him, and fresh tears began to burn in his eyes as he took in the chaos around them.

Suddenly, the gunfire came to an abrupt halt.

Ewan inhaled deeply, summoning every ounce of courage within him. Without a moment’s hesitation, he stepped out of his car, throwing caution to the wind, ignoring his driver’s shouts of ’sir, please!’.

He had already fired off a text to his security team, urging them to hurry, but he knew he couldn’t wait for them to arrive. Time was slipping away.

He dashed past the ’armored tank’ that had been the catalyst for this terrifying shootout and headed straight for Athena’s car, acutely aware that they had only a short window before the unknown gunmen would reload.

"Athena! Open the door!" He shouted, desperation lacing his voice.

Inside the car, Athena watched Ewan pound on the window like a man possessed, and her anger bubbled to the surface. Was this man truly so foolish? Didn’t he realize he was putting his life at immense risk?

She reluctantly opened the window to tell him so, but before she could speak, a bullet zipped through the opening, striking the interior with a deafening crack, shocking her to the core.

arms. So, the bullet hit the window and tumbled harmlessly to the car floor, but it wasn’t just the close call that

Athena quickly wound the window back up, her pulse racing. Ewan had fled back to his vehicle, finally grasping the reality that a sniper was lurking, and she instinctively held Nathaniel tighter against her chest, seeking comfort in

factored that into

took a deep, steadying breath, her mind racing with thoughts. If assistance didn’t arrive soon, the consequences could be fatal. A bullet hit the window again, punctuating her spiraling worries. If

tears threatening to spill; how could she let her Christmas Day devolve into yet another tragedy? And If she broke down now, what hope would her children

shroud. Athena held her breath, praying that the security detail had finally

voice belonged

he doing here again? She thought he had returned to his vehicle. Yet when she lifted herself and caught a glimpse of his frantic face in the reflection,

emphatically at the door knob,

impulsive, but she knew

outside first, shock coursed through her as Ewan suddenly enveloped

the twins... I

the hug

to the children. He knelt to their

fell on Nathaniel, whose hands trembled with fear, and she decided to let it be. Her

Athena’s gaze shifted from the strange vehicles before and beside her, to the group of four men sprawled on the floor, nursing tranq darts on their neck and coated with tear gas

She thought, watching the

saw Mr. Thorne hastening toward her with

Thorne." She said with a grateful

turned to the four men. "My security detail has dealt with

is resorting to even more dangerous and wilder tactics," She took her lips in as she noticed her children tapping Ewan’s shoulders for